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Ocean City, MD

6,887 Population
4.5 square miles 1,520 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 50.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$67,517 ±$11,781 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $51,620 ±$3,020
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$69,675 ±$8,742 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $81,455 ±$4,456
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

9.1% ±3.6% (620  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 8.1% † 4,263 (±1.2% / ±622)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

19.3 minutes ±1.5 (58,445  ±7,997) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 22.7 490,475 (±0.8 / ±23,980)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

3,872 ±202 Number of households
  • the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 23,827 ±590
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
1.8 ±0.1 (6,819  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 2.2 52,564 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

12.1% ±7% (143  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 6.2% † 608 (±2% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

29,834 ±386 Number of housing units
  • the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 56,585 ±31
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$373,700 ±$31,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: $348,100 ±$12,766
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

16% ±4.2% (1,075  ±284) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 10.7% † 5,621 (±1.6% / ±819.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

95% ±7.1% (5,278  ±442.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 93.7% 37,962 (±3.3% / ±1,342.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
40.4% ±4.8% (2,246  ±277.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 32.7% 13,238 (±2% / ±829.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.3% ±3.1% (781  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 5.1% 2,707
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

9.2% ±2.6% (571  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area: 9.9% † 4,328 (±1% / ±443)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
571 Total veterans ±160 543 Male ±160 28 Female ±27

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